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Unread 09-17-2008, 06:31 PM
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Default Got a "FREE" boat

Everyone on here knows there's no such thing as a "free" boat, and this one is no exception. My buddy tells me he has this old boat in the woods by his house that he is goint to haul to the dump, do I want it?

Of course I do, I said.

My wife says, "Let me get this straight, Clay is going to throw this boat in the dump and you want it?"

YEP.

So I went and looked at it....twice....and I still brought it home. I had to cut down a tree that had grown in the way to get it out of the woods.

I had to put new wheels and tires on it, I doubled the value in just a few minutes.

So its a 1968 Fabuglas Tempest with a 1962 (?) Mercury 700 (70 HP). It was last run in or around 2001. Other than a small soft spot in the floor it looks like it will clean up real nice, the bottom of the hull actually has a shine to it.

First I will see if it will run, then worry about new seat covers and updating the "pulley" style steering.









I MUST BE NUTS!
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Unread 09-17-2008, 06:45 PM
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Wasen't Fabuglas the one that pioneered the composite plastic and fiberglass? That stuff wouldn't bond to fiberglass or anything except their formulation.
It had the same feel as a combination of Bondo and fiberglass.
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Wasen't Fabuglas the one that pioneered the composite plastic and fiberglass? That stuff wouldn't bond to fiberglass or anything except their formulation.
It had the same feel as a combination of Bondo and fiberglass.

I already shared everything I know about it.

Here's some sales brochures.

You have to click on "brochures" once you open it.

http://www.fiberglassics.com/fabuglas.htm
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Unread 09-17-2008, 07:01 PM
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I like it
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Two blade prop....I haven't seen that before except on trolling motors.

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Two blade prop....I haven't seen that before except on trolling motors.

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And it is BRONZE!
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Wasen't Fabuglas the one that pioneered the composite plastic and fiberglass? That stuff wouldn't bond to fiberglass or anything except their formulation.
It had the same feel as a combination of Bondo and fiberglass.

Whatever they were doin' looks like it WORKED!!...stood the test of time right well, I'd say

You gonna look mighty sporty cruisin' around in that puppy...
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I think it must have been kept covered or garaged most of its life......just the last 4 or 5 exposed.

Now, I can clean it up and put a 300 hp Merc on it and I'll be set.
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Are you forgetting Mac's find
http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/boa/842702283.html

Sounds like a perfect match
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That one is about 15 inches too long. (atleast thats what SHE said)
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